Helping Ourselves : Success Stories in Cooperative Business & Social Enterprise

Co-operatives, owned and controlled by the people who use their services, represent a radically different way of running the businesses of the world, a strategy that is engaging the active commitment and creativity of more and more people world-wide. This book explores the co-operative way of doing business across a wide spectrum of activities and needs, ranging from basic needs for food, water, housing, finance, jobs, health care and transportation, to needs for entertaining leisure activities, and the development of vibrant communities.
Content: Cover; Title; Copyright; Editors & Contributors; Introduction: A Better Way of Doing Business; One: From the Cradle to Retirement & Beyond!; Two: What Co-ops have in Common; Three: Feeding Ourselves I : Consumer Co-ops & Food; Four: Feeding Ourselves II : Farmers' Co-ops & Food; Five: Feeding Ourselves III : Worker-Owned Co-ops & Food; Six: Financing Ourselves; Seven: Serving Ourselves; Eight: Developing Ourselves; Nine: Working for Ourselves; Ten: The Way Forward?; Appendix: A Discussion of Co-operative Principles, Updated by the International Co-operative Alliance, 1995.
Abstract: Co-operatives, owned and controlled by the people who use their services, represent a radically different way of running the businesses of the world, a strategy that is engaging the active commitment and creativity of more and more people world-wide. This book explores the co-operative way of doing business across a wide spectrum of activities and needs, ranging from basic needs for food, water, housing, finance, jobs, health care and transportation, to needs for entertaining leisure activities, and the development of vibrant communities